Waste of time ** -- TomTurkey 07/17/2017 10:38AM
You're applying for federal aid and complaining part of it is "communism"? ** -- VTSnake 07/17/2017 09:52AM
Alot of colleges require this for several reasons. Doesn't mean -- Hokebury 07/17/2017 12:19PM
Many non-federal aid sources require that the FAFSA be completed as part of -- HokieEngineer 07/17/2017 10:47AM
Well i'm not applying- my kid is going into 9th grade -- bigbadbird 07/17/2017 10:16AM
My impression (I'll have college freshman this fall): the system punishs -- HokieEngineer 07/17/2017 10:46AM
Shelter the dollars ** -- 133743Hokie 07/17/2017 1:47PM
Agree 100%................................................................. -- VTHokieTom 07/17/2017 12:53PM
Yep. Tax system punishes savers too. ** -- hokeyhokie 07/17/2017 11:33AM
Tax system punishes savers in every way... -- `lag 07/17/2017 11:39AM
So if you want more aid, you should be poor? -- VTSnake 07/17/2017 11:12AM
The genuinely poor, perhaps. The irresponsibly poor, not so much. -- HokieEngineer 07/17/2017 11:40AM
I don't think that is what anyone is saying -- bigbadbird 07/17/2017 11:19AM
I'll disagree that colleges can charge "anything". There are still market -- HokieEngineer 07/17/2017 11:50AM
The private schools are charging 60-70,000 -- bigbadbird 07/17/2017 12:06PM
Not true. We paid full boat for 4 years at CMU. Rich, white males get -- 133743Hokie 07/17/2017 1:48PM
The government does not pay, the government loans. -- jmanatVT 07/17/2017 12:39PM
I did not think difference was all loans -- bigbadbird 07/17/2017 12:48PM
UR is free for VA families earning < $60k. ** -- 48zip 07/17/2017 1:03PM
Dammit. You type too fast. ** -- RhinoVT 07/17/2017 11:15AM
Exactly. This happened to me and son; Had to pay full freight because -- chico 07/17/2017 10:55AM
It's financial "aid." It's supposed to go to the kids that can't afford -- RhinoVT 07/17/2017 11:15AM
An example. Pretend you and I make the exact same income, -- Late 80s Hokie 07/17/2017 11:51AM
Your math doesn't add up. -- vtbones 07/17/2017 2:55PM
48zip covered my initial reaction. I didn't try to cover ALL the finances -- Late 80s Hokie 07/17/2017 3:19PM
Neighbor in the general sense, as in your fellow man. -- vtbones 07/17/2017 8:23PM
Who said anything about "neighbor"? -- 48zip 07/17/2017 3:01PM
I don't know even know what point I'm trying to make. -- vtbones 07/17/2017 3:11PM
Bingo.** -- jmanatVT 07/17/2017 12:38PM
How is that "punishing" you? Sure, some people game the system. By and -- RhinoVT 07/17/2017 1:46PM
I think Late 80's Hokie gave a pretty good example and one I'm sure is not -- jmanatVT 07/17/2017 2:11PM
Same here. Graduated 4th in class. Got local schollies for freshman year -- TomTurkey 07/17/2017 11:00AM
"from each according to his ability" ** -- HokieDan95 07/17/2017 10:01AM
More importantly in this case "to each according to his need" ** -- 133743Hokie 07/17/2017 10:11AM
They basically compute how much you can borrow -- TomTurkey 07/17/2017 11:02AM
Never bothered to fill out FAFSA as I knew we wouldn't qualify for any ** -- 133743Hokie 07/17/2017 1:45PM
Went to meeting and realized it was waste of time ** -- TomTurkey 07/17/2017 3:34PM
The irony is amazing ** -- HokieJamie 07/17/2017 09:59AM